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Not all Americans worship a higher being of any kind, and that is their right.

But that caveat does not make the president’s statement any less true or relevant.

On our most sacred national holiday, it’s important we take it to heart.

The great American experiment, which began 241 years ago, was predicated on a belief that ours is a government of, by and for the people — a belief so eloquently reaffirmed by Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg.

The genius of America was the idea that these rights were inherent to man and the job of government was to protect these rights.

Even the horror of slavery was eventually defeated because this very idea was vindicated after much bloodshed and sacrifice.

While the founding of America recognized the importance of government, it rightly designed a government that played a secondary and supportive role to the community and civic organizations that bound us together, houses of worship prominent among them.

This Fourth, we give thanks for our families, neighbors, churches and charities, and the multitude of other organizations both religious and secular that make America the great country it already is regardless of who controls the government.

In this sense, Trump, despite his polarizing presence, was right.

Today is a time to honor and memorialize the men and women, civilian and military, who have worked, served and fought to preserve our freedoms and protect our nation from tyranny — without and within.

It is also a time to reflect on the reality that our government was designed to be the servant of the people and not their master.